Contracts & Business Development Manager (Asia Pacific) - Bombardier Transportation Signal (Thailand) Ltd.

Every day, millions of people get where they need to go aboard the planes and trains that we manufacture. Perhaps you do too.Bombardier is a global transportation company with 69 production and engineering sites in 23 countries, and a worldwide network of service centres. We rank among the leaders in two fast-paced industries:Aerospace Rail transportation In aerospace, we are the globe's third largest civil aircraft manufacturer. In rail transportation, we are the world's largest equipment and systems manufacturer.Our 65,400-plus employees drive our success. Together, we develop game-changing technologies and ingenious products. Together, we create more sustainable ways of getting people and materials where they need to go.Bombardier is headquartered in Montréal, Canada, and its shares (BBD) are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, we posted revenues of $17.7 billion US.Our Bangkok regional office is part of the Rail Control Soluti
ons Division under Bombardier Transportation, offering a comprehensive portfolio of rail systems including integrated control systems, computer and relay based interlocking, automatic train control systems and wayside equipment for mass transit and mainline.  We service clients and deliver on over 25 projects in the Asia-Pacific region.  Our workforce has grown to 300 employees and we offer challenging roles for new graduates and mid-career professionals in Software Engineering, Quality and Safety Assurance, Service and Maintenance, Project Managemet, Supply Chain Management, Legal, Finance and Human Resources.  Visit us at www.bombardier.com or contact us if you are looking for a challenging and international career opportunity.

This roleprovides professional legal advice and supports international bids activitiesacross projects and sites in the Asia Pacific region. Therole willtake leadershipin negotiating MoUs, Consortium Agreements, Customer Contracts, Supplier Contracts, License Agreements, Representative Agreements, Escrow Agreements and any other ancilliary types of business agreements.
The nature of the role requires thatthe personworks closelywith the Sales & Bids functions toestablish and implementacommercial strategy that is aligned to the company'sbusiness objectives. The person must have the ability to operate across all countries in the Asia Pacific region including, Thailand, China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Middle East, Australia, Phillipines, Malaysia, Vietnam.
The role reports to the Contracts & Business Development Director (Asia Pacific). English proficiency is a must and frequent travel is expected.
An International Law degree is required and previous experience in a similar capacity would be highly regarded.